🇮🇹 Italian

minuti

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masculine

i minuti

minutes

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minuti
/i miˈnuːti/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say minuti in Italian?

IPA
/i miˈnuːti/

How do you pronounce minuti in Italian?

minuti is pronounced /i miˈnuːti/ in Italian.

Example sentences

Il minuto passato è stato molto importante per la nostra discussione.

The past minute was very important for our discussion.

Un minuto lungo e stressante ci ha fatto aspettare il risultato finale.

A long and stressful minute made us wait for the final result.

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Why is it masculine?

Minuti is masculine in Italian because it derives from the Latin "minutus" (past participle of "minuere," meaning to diminish), which carried masculine gender that was preserved through the Romance language evolution. The -o ending in Italian masculine nouns directly reflects the Latin masculine nominative singular -us ending.

What is the Italian word for minutes?

The Italian word for minutes is i minuti — masculine.

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